Asta v. Schröder5d ago

Wikipedia went from "do not cite" to "the last trustworthy source on the internet" in the past 25 years and now it looks like they want to throw it all away because they want to break a union.
The largest community driven project in the world, relying directly on volunteers, and they still do not see the value of their own people.

I hate capitalism

Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia | by Jake Orlowitz | May, 2026 | Medium
https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943

Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia

TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…

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From the article:

"What to do

Sign the solidarity petition if you edit Wikipedia. Email the board and remind them their fiduciary duty runs to the mission, not the org chart. If you are a journalist, cover this. If you are a researcher or educator who depends on Wikipedia, say so publicly."

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